Hotels at Athlone booking.com

Travel guide Athlone

Athlone

General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9293,Lat: 53.4295
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	19:06:38pm
Name province/region (Euregion)	Border Midland and Western
Wiki-website Regional Authority (Regional Authority)	Midland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Westmeath
Name Electoral Division	Athlone East Rural

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moate	14.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ballymahon	18.5 km	NorthEast
3 Ferbane	18.9 km	South
4 Ballinasloe	22.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Clara	23 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	110 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	185 km	EastNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	241 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 67 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Ree (106.2 km² at a distance of 2.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 81.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 114 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated.The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Galway Airport (at a distance of 69 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

9.5 km2

12.1%

Agriculture

42.5 km2

54.1%

Urban area

11 km2

14%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

10.5 km2

13.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Athlone in country Ireland

Athlone at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	102 km	East
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	224 km	NorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	245 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
River Shannon Callows SAC	IE	1.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Athlone
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Athlone
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Athlone

Type of weather in Athlone	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1037 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	10 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	09:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam